Glass gathering and forming machine



Jan. 22, 1935. F. ONEILL GLASS GATHERING AND FORMING MACHINE Original Filed Apfil 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 22, 1935.

F. ONEILL GLASS GATHERING AND FORMING MACHINE Original Filed April 3, 1926 s Sheets-Sheet 2 l 2: t it QI$ Jan. 2;, 1935. F. ONEILL' GLASS GATHERING AND FORMING MACHINE Original Filed April 3, 1926 SSheets-Sheet 3 Patented Jan. 22, 1935 1,988,699

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GLASS GATHERING AND FORMING MACHINE Frank ONeill, Toledo, Ohio, assignor, by mesne assignments, to Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Original application April 3, 1926, Serial No. 99,479. Divided and this application March 6, 1933, Serial No. 659,829 H 3 Claims. (Cl. 49-5) This invention relates to gathering molten for continuous operation. As herein embodied, glass and forming into articles, as hollow ware. there is maximum time interval consumed at This invention has utility when incorporated the transfer. To minimize such as governing the in a suction gather press-and-blow apparatus. total output of the machine, there may be a As herein disclosed, there is a stationary tank speeding up of the machine and the operation 5 exposing upwardly a pool of molten glass. The of the machine drive may be intermittent as provision of the machine proper involves two shown in applicants Patent No. 1,551,526 of columns: one for the first or gather and pre- August 25, 1925. Under these circumstances, the liminary forming referred to as the blank table station stop permits the transfer functions to be or column, and the other as the finish or-blow completed, and the interval may be a minimum 10 table or column, which receives the blank from only for the recover stroke in the reciprocating the first table, completes the blowing operation, driv f r th carriers, and delivers the completed article for annealing. Referring to the drawings;

The blank molds are in an annular series in- Fig. 1 is a plan view, with parts broken away,

volving a l w r or main p ir f h n s on of an embodiment of the invention in connection 15 open at the bottom. Each blank mold is carried with a. gather device press-and-blow two table or on a crosshead which, besides having the travel carrier glass machine; about the column in an endless orbit, has vertical Fi 21 a, section on the lin 11-41, Fi 1; movement to bring the open bottom of the blank 3 i a side elevation of t shear an mold in proximity with the molten glass p001- operating with the gather, parts being broken 20 I There is a maintained circulation of the molten away;

glass n the P 1 to avoid freezing chilling Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the shear from interference in the gather. This main blank the left of 3; d

mold has its open bottom closed after the suc- Fig a plan View of the shear of Fig. 3 as tion gather in drawing the glass up into such in Shearing completing position 25 mold, and the attenuation cut therefrom to fall back in the tank or pool. More particularly Mam drwe herein, importance resides in the shear shown Motor 1 is shown as having variable speed as the complementary blade typelevel operated transmission box 2 for controlling rotation of '30 in synchronism with the gather receiver or blank drive h ft 3 having worm 4 (Fig 1) m mesh mold as carried by the rotary table. It is thus with worm wheel 5 on shaft 6 having driving seen that, as to the shear proper, its utility is in e 7 in mesh with gear 8 as the large mam cooperation with a receiver or gather which may drive gear providedwith web or table portion 9 be a blank mold such is independent of fixed with sleeve 10 (Fig. 2) about column 11 35 whether or not the fimsh mold be on a separate mounted Am base 12 carried by platform 13 table mounted on rollers 14. This sleeve 10 is mounted The upper end of this suction gathered blank has the plunger withdrawn therefrom and the on Supmrtmg plate 15 and connected there) by blank distended into the blank mold by pressure dowels 16 and thus located Over plate 1'7 con flow in completing formation of the blank. This nected by key 13 to be fixefi agamstrotahon 0 upper rtio of th bl k i equipped ith to the column 11 and sustained by ring member neck finish mold section radially reciprocable on 19 d in Position y ad Sleeve 20 411 the side toward the blow table, there to deliver able on the column 11 (Fig. 2). the formed blank from the opened blank mold This blank carrier or table 9 has its direction sections into a blow mold as closing about such of rotation counterclockwise, and its toothed 5 blank, at Which time the neck mold finish i portion 8 is directly in mesh with toothed poropened and then retracted. The delivered blank tion 21 having web 22 (Figs. 1, 2) serving as the into the blow mold is then further distended, the blow table carrier, This web 22 is sustained on ow d p and the blow mold bottom deplate 23, as a bearing, riding upon collar 24 with pressed lowered to tilt the finished ware which it is connected against rotation by key 25, 60 away r d o of t p d bl w mold'in assembling such plate 23 and collar 24 against discharging such from the machine. rotation as to column 26 mounted on base 27.

A material factor in the operation of this This collar 24 is sustained by threaded member machine is the rapidity with which the ware 28 having direct coaction with this second colmay be produced, and the showing specifically is won 26, on which it is adjustable. 55

Gather Glass tank 29 has forehearth or overhanging boot 30 (Figs. 1, 2). This forehearth has in its upper portion elongated opening 31 on an are preferably on the axis of the column 11 of the Molten glass circulator I The contact of this molten glass surface with the traveling mold has a tendency to create a chill region in the forehearth 30, and there is 20 provision herein of a molten glass circulating means to cause a current or flow of the molten glass about the forehearth.

To this end, motor 36 (Fig. 1) has connection through bevel gears 37 for driving shaft 38 having transmission to worm gear 39 actuating worm wheel 40, having pivot pin 41 engaging arm 42 rocking shaft 43 from which depends paddle 44 through opening 45, thereby to, protrude into the molten glass adjacent the forehearth, being controllably actuated to promote circulation of glass from the forehearth back into the pool.

The shear '45 head 60 reciprocable in horizontal guides 61 carried by the bracket 50. This crosshead 60 carries pin 62 upon which is mounted the pair of shear levers. Shear lever 63 carries upper vblade 64 of the shear. Companion shear lever 50 65 carries lower blade 66. These shear levers 63, 65, have extension 67, 68, carrying upstanding pins 69 connected by tension helical spring 70.

"These pins 69, as extending through the lever -'arms 67, 68, respectively carry rollers 71 riding 1 55 alon'g guideways 72 as the crank 51 swings and isefiective through link 52 for causing the lever '--.55 -'to'- operate the crosshead 60 toward the fore- -hearth 30and away therefrom. Incthis movement toward the forehearth as co-xapproaching the blank mold rising from the -forchearthwith a gather-of glass therein, the

shear blades 64, 66,.snap together to sever at-- tenuation 73,,asdependir1g from the gather of 21- rslaea-i t b k meld. in ose proximity to 65 ,isuch blarik mold. action of the shears further ismne. of .shiftingthis;attenuation laterally Lof the gather opening region 31 for the lower shear} blade '66-: in .striking. .this attenuation 73 ItendstQYwotksuchtoward: the paddle 44, which 70 f-zp addle 44 is,a, means for accentuating this drawing lsuchjack intothe;;tank or furnace region .Ip r l-h ati I The acutal shear operation occurs as the 75 actuating pin 59 in traveling along slot 74,

- 1ng., .ofl of the somewhat chilled glass, and work through the guides 61, approaches stops 75 where the rollers 71 are drawn by the spring 70 into portions 76, thus effecting a quick snap ping action in the closing of the shear blades' 64, 66, into slightly overlapping position in ei'fecting'the glass severing. The continuation of the rotation of the shaft 47 at once retracts the shear blades 64, 66, at a speed to get away from the blankmold and have such ready for a repetition of this cycle of operations even during the continuous operation of the carrier 9, as carrying an endless series of blank molds. The length of this slide for the crosshead 60 is one giving quite a range of travel. The position of theactuating shaft 47, with the link and leverage connection therefrom, is a variable lineal travel drive for the crosshead 60, giving such a quick withdrawal and quick speeding up positions with the shearing action directly, instantaneously, and against, any drawing tendency as to the molten glass thereabove in the gather of the blank mold.

The quick forward and retrieving action allows ample clearance, as to the continuation of the travel of the blank mold, as well as a quick approach to the approximate position of action at the snapping off of the attenuation 73.

The blank mold carrier Blank mold table or carrier 9 about the column 11 and extending axially of said column has an annular series of guides 77, in which are vertical movable crossheads 78 (Fig. 2) controllable by rolls 79 traveling on track 80 and determining the cycle of travel for the gather receptacle or blank mold device 32, 33. The blank mold sections 32, 33, are shown as provided with neck mold sections 81, with which may cooperate head 82 having exhausting connections for the suction gather, and in sequence therefrom a blow connection for blank forming. Bottom closure 83 is controllable by lever 84 during this blank forming. After the blank forming, the blank sections 32, 33, are open to suspend the blank in the neck sections 81. Asherein-disclosed, the neck sections 81 as carrying the blank, may have their position controlled by cam 85 as to sectional blow mold section 86. At this position, control device 87 is operable to open the neck finish and thus complete delivery 01' the formed blank into the blow mold where blow head 88 may cooperate in forming the blank into finished ware. This blow mold is shown as having mold bottom portion 89 controllable from lever device 90. In this cycle of operations, cam 91 is effective for controlling this blow mold, not only for closing around :the blank, but for opening for delivery 01 thepformed bank from the machine.v v

The operations of the blades of the shear to move over the forebay and then clear thereof in retractlng,,thus locates the blades to reduce the extent of exposure to heat from the forebay,

. notwithstanding this single shear device be used for. the entire series of containers effecting the gathers.

This application is a division of 'mypending application Ser. No 99,479, filed April 3, 1926, for Glass gathering and forming machines; j What is claimed and it is desired to secure by Letters Patentis'i j 1. A gather device having an open bottom adapted to receive -a suction charge of molten glass from a pool, shear mechanism movable relatively to the deviceand operable for clearing the device of protruding glass extending fromthe open bottom end of the device, a rotary table carrier for the device, said table having a gear fixed therewith, said shear mechanism including a pinion in mesh with the gear, a pair of shear blades, a. cross-head mounting forthe blades, a transmission connection from the pinion to the cross-head to shift the latter to bring the blades into operable proximityto the device bottom,

and control means for there operating the blades to sever the glass.

2. A gather device having an open bottom I adapted to receive a suction charge of molten glass from a pool, shear mechanism movable relatively to the device and operable for clearing the device of protruding glass extending from the open bottom end of the device; a rotary table carrier for the device, said table having a gear fixed therewith, said shear mechanism including a pinion in mesh with the gear, a pair of shear blades, a cross-head mounting for the blades,

a shaft from thepinion, a crank on the shaft,

said cross-head having a slot, and a pin on the crank engaging the cross-head slot.

3. A gather device having an open bottom adapted to receive a suction charge of molten glass from a pool, shear mechanism movable relatively to the device and operable for clearing the device of protruding glass extending from the open bottom end of the device, a rotary table carrier for the device, said table having a gear fixed therewith, said shear mechanism including a pinion in mesh with the gear, a pair of shear blades, a lever for each blade, fulcrum bearing means for the levers, a cross-head mounting for the bearing means, a shaft for the pinion, a crank on the shaft, said cross-head having a slot, a pin on the crank engaging the cross-head slot, a guide for the cross-head, cam means along said guide, and lever carried means coacting with the cam means for controlling said blades.

FRANK ONEILL. 

